So what happens when you give a small person a heavy camera? This.You know how they always want to take a photo? A in particular is like a magpie and anything shiny and exciting looking and she is there. She…
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It’s funny how looking back at photos of your children, you have completely forgotten how they looked back then. This was R during his early weeks at primary school; bright eyed and rosy cheeked, he still has that same cheeky…
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So the summer holidays are upon us and it is time to try as best we can to find something to occupy our children and to avoid cries of “I’m bored” every ten minutes. So far, the weather is looking…
Read More »These kids have a way of always squeezing a little bit more out of you, don’t they? If I had received a pound for each time that I had heard the words; “in a minute” or their distant cousins; “hang…
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I am pleased to announce that true ‘funee’ form has resumed in the Stressy house this week. First up we had R’s first set of proper sex education lessons in school which he seemed to find quite amusing. On the…
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That time is nearly upon us again and for some is already here. Cries of “where did that year go?” heard from many passing parents and lots of smiles and fist punches from the school children soon to be given…
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When you think of Paris, what comes immediately to mind? The iconic monuments, the acclaimed art galleries, shopping in les grands magasins such as les Galeries Lafayette or Printemps, sampling the delights of the small cafés or maybe you…
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My eight year old son loves school. Really he does, even though most of the time, he does a really good impression of someone who doesn’t. Whatever has happened in the morning, once he arrives at the school gates and…
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Every now and then you discover something wonderful that had been under your nose all along, you just hadn’t realised it. Inspired by Manneskjur’s meet up post here, where she and a handful of other bloggers visited Hitchin Lavender Farm,…
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Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm Nikki, mum of four, wife, teacher, writer and drinker of many cups of tea. This blog is pretty much anything that pops into my head, an eclectic mix of family life and lots more. Grab a cuppa and have a read.
Nikki
